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Enhance your understanding and analysis of complex literary works, focusing on language nuances, paraphrasing, and vocabulary expansion. Explore the styles of composition and figurative devices to appreciate the text on a deeper level.
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The Sad Young Men Rod W. Horton Herbert W. Edwards
the comprehension of the text and the language points the paraphrase of complicated sentences the enlargement of the vocabulary the appreciation of the styles of composition and devices of figuration Unit 5: Teaching Aims
Para.4 Summary? mores: customs习俗 air: outward appearance 样子 sophistication: the state of being worldly-wise, artificial 老于世故
pose: a way of behaving that is assumed pretence for effect 装腔作势 Bohemian: One who lives in an unconventional, non conforming way, not follow the usual rules 波希米亚人,放荡的人
faddishness: the following of fad 赶时髦 transitory: lasting for a short time 片刻的 momentary: lasting for a moment 短暂的 novelty: newness, strangeness 新奇
hectic: excitement, rush, confusion 兴奋的,忙乱的 gaiety: cheerfulness perversion: behavior that is not normal or acceptable( sex ) 性变态 fatigue a feeling of being extremely tired
much publicized: reported widely orgy: a party (eating, drinking, and sexual activity)放纵;狂欢 manifesto: public declaration 声明,宣言 defiant manifesto: 挑战性言论
Greenwich Village: a mainly residential district of Manhattan; known for its artistic activity; the Village became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century philosophic defense: philosophic theory to defend their behavior 哲学辩护词
spree: a brief indulgence of impulses 纵情狂欢 reveler: a person who is having fun in a noisy way, usually with a group and after drinking alcohol 狂欢者 Sober up: make somebody no longer drunk
Para.5 Summary?
What are the intolerable things to the US people? 1).long stalemate; 2). Germany’s insolence to the US; 3). the US government’s reluctance to declare war 1) stalemate: in a competition neither side can make progress The stalemate of 1915-1916: the stalemate on the western front in Europe. Para.5
2) insolence: extremely rude and a lack of respect The insolence of Germany towards the US: 1).the sinking of a ship under British registration, by a German submarine, on Mar. 7, 1915.1195 men lost their lives,and 128 were US citizens. 2). The German announcement, at the end of 1916, that Germany would begin unrestricted submarine warfare to break British control of the seas. In protest, the US broke off relations with Germany in 1917.
3) The US government’s reluctance to declare war: The US entered the war rather late, on April 6, 1917.
Strenuous showing great energy and determination 狂热的 jingoism Chauvinism (a strong and unreasonable belief in the superiority of your own country)
belly up end strife: conflict magnolia: 木兰 magnolia-scented: having the scent of flower, very sweet
fracas: noisy fight 打闹 dissolve: (in movie) to fade into cinematic connected with movies
strenuous: needing great effort and energy intellectuals: college-age students ------would-be writers or those who had intellectual interests. ambulance corps 救护兵团
infantry: foot soldiers 步兵 preparedness: being ready to join the army at any time 随时待命出征
tremendous very great harass to annoy(putting pressure) unabated: without becoming any less strong We must abate the noise pollution in our city.
Para.6 summary?
spirit of carnival: festive spirit a good taste of: thorough experience of 饱尝 (metaphor)
Distinction?: the quality of being excellent and important 出色 他们可以永远感到光荣,因为他们在战场上表现得很出色, the college contingent: troops formed by college students 大学兵团 Action?
Fourth-of-July bombast: pompous and patriotic speeches made during 7.4 celebration whip up: stir up 激起 whip up interest/opposition/support etc sleepy Gopher Prairies: inactive, backward, undeveloped areas of grassland------their home town curb: keep under control measures to curb the spread of the virus
resume the pose of self-deceiving Victorian innocence: To resume living and behaving simply and innocently as the former Victorian social structure required them to do. They knew this Victorian morality was out of date and wrong.
What were the things they had to face? 1). The stupid cynicism of victorious allies in Versailles. (Napoleon cynically rearranged the map of Europe. The winners of WWI did the same thing in Versailles.) 2).Prohibition which the law makers hypocritically thought would do good to people. 3). The self-satisfied patriotic air of the war profiteers
tension-ridden: tension-dominated disease-ridden;受疾病折磨的. grief-ridden极为悲伤 Police-ridden 受警察迫害的 那些气鼓鼓的美国青年的不满迟早要爆发出来。在经过一段短暂的强烈的怨忿之后,它终于以一种彻底推翻温文尔雅的行为规范的形式而爆发出来了.
give: break down from force or pressure genteel: polite and well-bred, elegant 有教养的
Assignment Para.7—end Words; phrases; difficult sentences